Reflective Essay On 8th Class

. I’ve always considered my performance in English adequate. Not great, but not bad either. However this teacher did not think that I was adequate, and doubted my potential. That’s why when it came time to take the Staar test she just recognized me as someone who was going to barely squeak by. The look on her face when she told me I made one of the highest grades in all of the eighth grade was something I’ll never forget. Eighth grade was not one of my best years of school, but it wasn’t the worst either. My grades ranged from high eighties to low nineties. However, my attitude was not good and I was constantly in trouble more than the average student. I was an immature eighth grader that was trying to make the girls in my class laugh. The teacher did not find my jokes funny and gave to me what I had coming. One could tell that she disliked me and did not see me as a smart student. The Staar testing was approaching and I could only imagine she was worried about my ability to pass it. …show more content…
The groups were categorized by how the teacher felt you did during the year and on the benchmark tests. I squeaked by the benchmark tests, and was placed in the group focused on merely passing the test. She gave us plenty of advice and tips for the test. Things like: underlining, marking question numbers on the passages, and using a dictionary for every word. Of course eighth grade Edred did not want to hear what the teacher had to say. That's why I was not surprised when the teacher told me, “Edred, I need you to try your hardest and pass this test.” She never even mentioned getting commended or scoring high on the test, and she had all the reasons not to do so. I myself did not even think that I could get commended on the